Monday, July 11, 2011

A few reasons to love Ashley: She's adorable, she puts together cute outfits and then takes flattering pictures of herself in them, she shows you how she accomplishes this stellar self-portrait feat, she's honest about her doubts and struggles as a mom, she has a secret that she shared bravely with her readers. Plus a million more! Truly, I get completely sucked into Ashley's blog every time that I visit, and end up circling around her past posts. She's sweet, funny, relatable, and has a cute kid that cracks me up.

I loved these bobby pins so much, that I became determined to find another fun use for my vintage yo yo's.

Anthropologie Inspired Vintage

Yo Yo Dangle Earrings:

Let's make a pair together, shall we.

Materials:

Two 1.5 inch diameter yo yo's

Two 8-10mm jump rings

Two earring attachments {available at your local craft store}

Pliers

Needle and thread

In my family, we have a Yo Yo quilt that has been passed down for 4 generations. It is made with vintage fabric, and it makes my heart swoon. The only problem, it has begun to tatter and fall apart. And the girls in our family have been trying to find alternate uses for the classic yo yo's. So I very carefully used a seam ripper to remove a handful of yo yo's from the outer edge of my blanket--to use on this vintage project.